Soils and Grapes By Region- Ai

Question 1

What is the soil type of Jura?

Answer 1

Blue, red, gray and black marls resting on limestone strat

A from the Jurassic period

Question 2

Which grapes are most planted in Jura?

Answer 2

Chardonnay 43%
Savagnin 23%
Red grapes Poulsard etc make up the rest

Question 3

What is soil type of Bairrada?

Answer 3

Barros clay is the soil that Baga grows well on, and the sandier soils are where white grapes thrive.

Question 4

What is the soil type of Dao?

Answer 4

Granite soils 400-500 meters elevation are the best.

Question 5

What is the soil type in Vinho Verde?

Answer 5

Shallow granitic soils

Question 6

What is the soil type found in Palmela?

Answer 6

There are two types of soils. The sandy plains are low-lying and then there are clay-limestone soils on the lower slopes of the Arrivabene Mountains.

Question 7

What is the minimum requirement of the main grape of Palmela reds?

Answer 7

Palmela reds require a minimum of 66.7% of Castelao, Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot and Tannant are also allowed in the blend.

Question 8

What styles of wine are permitted in Palmela DOP?

Answer 8

White, Rose, Red, Espumante and Licoroso.

Question 9

The vinhos licoroso of Setúbal are based on which grapes for red and white wines?

Answer 9

Must be 67% Moscatel de Setúbal (Muscat of Alexandria), or Moscatel Roxo. If either are varietals labeled they must be 85%.

Question 10

What are the main grapes do DoTejo DOP and what styles are permitted to be made there?

Answer 10

The maid grapes are Castelao and Fernão Pires, white, rose and red wines are permitted. There are a number of native grapes that are permitted to be used.

Question 11

What is the most prominent grape in Alentejo?

Answer 11

Trincadeira, red wine production exceeds white wine here.

Question 12

What is the soil type found in Tras-os-Montes?

Answer 12

Schist and granite

Question 13

What styles are permitted in Tras-os-Montes from which grapes?

Answer 13

Branco, Rosado and Tinto, Espumante and Vinho Licoroso are all permitted from 12+ grape varieties.

Question 14

What is the soil type found in Murray Darling GI?

Answer 14

Calcareous earth, white grapes are more planted here than reds. Chardonnay and Muscat Gordo Blanco. The red grapes are Shiraz, Cabernet and Merlot.

Question 15

What is the soil type found in Pyranees GI?

Answer 15

Sandy loam. REd grapes dominate here, Shiraz, Cabernet and Merlot and also Pinot Noir

Question 16

What is the soil type found in Grampians GI?

Answer 16

Grey-brown loamy sand and clay. 82% red grapes, SHiraz, Cabernet, Merlot and Pinot Noir

Question 17

Soil type found in Henty GI?

Answer 17

Basalt with gravelly loam. The Southern Ocean influences this region in Northwest Victoria. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% white grapes (Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Gris).

Question 18

What is the soil type found in Riverland GI and what grapes are prominent here?

Answer 18

The soils are river valley soils and mallee soils on higher ground. Red grapes are 59% here.

Question 19

What is the soil type and main grapes of Mount Benson GI?

Answer 19

Limestone and loam soil. 61% white grapes. Sav Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and also Pinot Noir for red grapes.

Question 20

What type of soil would you find in Wrattonbully GI?

Answer 20

This GI is part of the Limestone Coast in South Australia. There is Terra Rosso soils here. 85% red grapes, Cabernet, Shiraz, and Merlot.

Question 21

Describe the soil types in Clare Valley GI

Answer 21

Slate soils in Polish Hill and Terra Rosso over limestone soil in Watervale. Red grapes outnumber whites 64%.

Question 22

Which subregion of the Clare Valley is the warmest and sunniest?

Answer 22

Degree days:
Clare: 1767
Seven Hill: 1891
Polish Hill: 1465

Question 23

Soil type of Adelaide Hills GI And major grapes

Answer 23

Grey loamy sandy soils. White grapes are 63%, SB, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris.

Question 24

Soils type and major grapes of Adelaide Plains GI

Answer 24

Red-brown sandy loam over heavy loam and clay. Red grapes are 67%

Question 25

What is the soil type of the King Valley GI?

Answer 25

Deep red clay loams. Red grapes are about 52% and are Merlot, Cabernet and Pinot. Whites are Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Sav Blanc.

Question 26

Geographic factors in the King Valley GI

Answer 26

Within Northeast Victoria. The King River is here, the Oxley Plains and the Victorian Alps.

Question 27

Most planted grapes of Rutherglen GI?

Answer 27

This is in Northeastern Victoria. 83% Shiraz, brown muscat, Durif. The whites are Muscadelle, Chardonnay and Marsanne.

Question 28

Where would you find “Black Dog” soil? What is this?

Answer 28

In Rutherglen GI, this is a fine, sandy loam.

Question 29

Major grapes of Beechworth GI?

Answer 29

70% red grapes, Cabernet, Pinot, Shiraz and Merlot. White is Chardonnay. The soils here are Ordovician sandstone and shale, also Devonian granite.

Question 30

What is the soil type of Macedon Ranges GI?

Answer 30

This, mountain soils of granitic loam and deeper loam. Red grapes are 59% here, Pinot, Shiraz and Cabernet. Whites are Chardonnay and Riesling. This GI is within the Port Phillip Zone.

Question 31

What is the soil type found in Tuniberg?

Answer 31

Calcareous soils- this is a subregion of the Kaiserstuhl which is in Baden. The rest of the area is known for volcanic soils.

Question 32

What are the top two grapes of Baden?

Answer 32

Pinot Noir and Muller-Thurgau

Question 33

What is the soil type of the Hermannshole vineyard?

Answer 33

This is the premier vineyard in the Nahe in Niederhausen. The soils are dark slate and limestone and porphyry

Question 34

Tinta Negra Mole is a natural cross of which two grapes?

Answer 34

Pinot Noir and Grenache- from about 200 years ago.

Question 35

What is the soil type found in the Cotes des Bars?

Answer 35

Kimmeridgian marl and Portlandian- the same type as Chablis

Question 36

What is the main grape grown in the Cotes des Bars?

Answer 36

Pinot Noir

Question 37

Which grape is also known as “Blanc vrai”?

Answer 37

Pinot Blanc in the Aube

Question 38

Which grape is known as Pressac? Where?

Answer 38

This is a historical name for Malbec in St-Emilion-from Cahors planted the Chateau de Pressac by the new purchaser in 1730.. it became known as the Noir de Pressac- when it was transported by M. Malbec to the Medoc the name changed again.

Question 39

What is the most widely planted white grape in Bordeaux?

Answer 39

Semillon at 6,260 hectares

Question 40

Corbeau is a synonym for which grape?

Answer 40

Bonarda, Charbono. This is the French name for the grape, as used in Savoie

Question 41

What is Samso?

Answer 41

Carignan in Priorat

Question 42

What are the differences in the soils in the Northern, Central and Southern portions of Brunello di Montalcino?

Answer 42

Northern Zone: Clays of marine origin and galestro
Central: Clayey, sandy sediments
South: limestone and sandstone marls

Question 43

Alicante Bouchet is a crossing of which two grapes?

Answer 43

Alicante Bouchet is a crossing of Petit Bouschet and Grenache created in France in 1866 by Henri Bouchet. It has a bewildering array of synonyms with potential for confusion, such as Garnacha Tintorera. Despite its name, it is now most heavily grown in the Alentejo region of Portugal.

Question 44

What are the top grapes grown in Alicante DO?

Answer 44

Alicante Bouchet, Monastrell, Bobal, Moscatel de Alejandra

Question 45

Wine styles permitted in Utiel-Requena?

Answer 45

Reds and rose from Bobal, also in a doble pasta style. The south-eastern half of the region, aside from qualifying for the Utiel-Requena DO, is also authorized to produce the espumoso (sparkling) Cava, Spain’s answer to Champagne. Typically it is made from Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada, although Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, among other varieties, are now permitted in the Cava blend.

Question 46

What styles of wine are permitted in Irouleguy?

Answer 46

Still, red, white, rose

Question 47

Rosesse is which grape in France?

Answer 47

Tibouren in Provence is the same grape